Memorable moments in parenting - Page 9

capitalj · 12-15-2010, 10:16 AM

My son was thrilled to see black-eyed peas in the frozen food section of the grocery store. He did finish everything on his plate, but prefers the music (specifically "I Gotta Feeling") over the legume.

capitalj · 01-04-2011, 11:05 AM

On Christmas morning, my five-year-old son's favorite gift was a Hot Wheels Loop and Jump and my eight-year-old daughter's favorite was a doll. They didn't even look at the Xbox 360 with Kinect until late in the day. (My wife won it in a sales contest at work… She was trying for an iPad. Oh , well.) They made me proud.

Later, during school break, my daughter liked a song I was listening to, The Devil and Darkness (Kevin Whyte Mix), by Freur, now in heavy rotation on her iPod, but was truly impressed when I showed her the original record, bought twenty-something years ago. Her eyes widened, "Wow, a record! I can't wait to tell my friends that you have records." But she was even more excited to show them the two pages on Doctor Who that she found in her new 2011 Guinness Book of World Records.

renaultssoftware · 01-04-2011, 05:33 PM

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	Her eyes widened, "Wow, a record! I can't wait to tell my friends that you have records."

I have my dad's collection. Anyone interested in Charlie Daniels Band?

GavinBKK · 01-05-2011, 10:17 AM

my 4 year old son was having a poke at my weekend stubble the other day and asked what it was, so I told him it was "face hair".

He rubs his hand around his chin and tells me that it couldn't be because he didn't have any...

edalzell · 01-09-2011, 11:25 PM

For the past two days, my girls, when in the car, have been "playing" the Elmo's Monster iPad game. I mean they do all the voices and choices, then tap and swish (they actually say "tap" and "swish") all the way to the end.

They are "reading" the Monster at the End of the Book the same way.

Quite amusing.

renaultssoftware · 01-10-2011, 07:57 AM

Sonic nightmare. I hate it when that happens.

dzurn · 01-12-2011, 10:25 AM

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	Afterwards, I said, "The gorilla didn't need any help. You'll be in a hospital. Everything will be fine." My wife laughed; I knew she would. It became our private joke, in various iterations, and an excellent stress reliever. "My wife thinks it's funny." That's when she came up with her own joke. "No I don't! how could you say that?" I was speechless. The maternity nurses were livid. My wife was secretly amused. She convinced the nurses not to throw me out of the delivery room.

That's too funny! When people ask if I was at our children's births, I put on a frown and announce, "I TOLD them to call me if anything was going to happen, the pub was only a block away!"

Of course I was there the whole time, but we all need some stress relief. This also lets me know the "humor capacity" of the people I tell it to.

capitalj · 01-25-2011, 07:01 PM

The forecast called for less than an inch of wet, slushy snow. I was surprised to see a couple of inches of light, fluffy snow, "What the… Where did this come from?"

My son looked at me like I was an idiot, "The clouds, Daddy."

renaultssoftware · 01-25-2011, 07:51 PM

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	The forecast called for less than an inch of wet, slushy snow. I was surprised to see a couple of inches of light, fluffy snow, "What the… Where did this come from?" My son looked at me like I was an idiot, "The clouds, Daddy."

And where did all my dad's data go?

On the other hand, we got snow too. Yesterday it was -30°C and sunny, and today it was -20°C and snowing.

capitalj · 02-04-2011, 01:59 PM

When I picked up my son from kindergarten, he told me there was a problem with his question marks. They were coming out wrong. I told him that we could practice writing them after his session with the speech therapist (slight speech delay).

He looked terrible after speech therapy. (Whenever he gets sick, it comes on suddenly, usually in under 30 minutes.) The therapist said he had faded fast, and had complained about his throat. I asked him how he was feeling. He said, "I told you, my question marks are broken." I asked him to explain. He asked a question, and sure enough, his voice turned scratchy during the exaggerated rise in pitch at the end.

capitalj · 02-23-2011, 11:56 AM

When somebody sneezes, my son says what can best be spelled "kabless you"… Inadvertently cute and apropos.

NovaScotian · 02-23-2011, 04:29 PM

When my son learned the pledge of allegiance to the flag in school, I asked him to say it for me (he's an American). After saying "..... to the country for Richard Stands....", he paused and said to me: "who's Richard Stands, Dad?" Now, at 43, he knows it but I still remember. If your family is like mine, CapJ, you'll all be saying "kabless you" years from now.

edalzell · 02-23-2011, 04:31 PM

Robert Fulgham (Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten, etc) has a whole store about the Lord's Prayer and "Harold's Be Thy Name"....

Malapropisms are funny, especially by children.

capitalj · 02-23-2011, 04:34 PM

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	If your family is like mine, CapJ, you'll all be saying "kabless you" years from now.

Undoubtedly. We sometimes say "hank you" from when he was a toddler (which later became "fanks", but that didn't catch on.)

NovaScotian · 02-23-2011, 04:44 PM

Another of those appropriate but none-real words our family uses is my daughter's "shareful".

renaultssoftware · 02-23-2011, 09:22 PM

Funny stories. I think this thread is really funny.

capitalj · 02-26-2011, 11:59 AM

My eight-year-old daughter decided to set up a "café" in our house. She sat me down and took my lunch order, turkey sandwich, tangerine, and grape juice, which she dutifully wrote in her little notepad, then went into the kitchen. She returned a few minutes later carrying everything on a tray like a real waitress. To my relief, there were no spills. When I was finished, she handed me check for $4. Since it was a game, I tried paying with play money. "No, you have to pay real money. I want to buy some games in the App Store."

renaultssoftware · 02-26-2011, 01:50 PM

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	"No, you have to pay real money. I want to buy some games in the App Store."

Times have changed. What did she want, Angry Birds?

capitalj · 02-26-2011, 02:14 PM

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	Times have changed.

Don't I know it.

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	What did she want, Angry Birds?

Already has that. She was looking at some Doctor Who apps, some lemonade stand games, and one of those fingerprint scanner joke apps. There are so many apps in the store that she keeps changing her mind.

renaultssoftware · 02-26-2011, 02:16 PM

Yes, and all this while some random trolls are bashing the store, while other users are simply concerned…

01-05-2011, 10:17 AM	#164
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01-10-2011, 07:57 AM	#166
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02-23-2011, 04:29 PM	#172
NovaScotian League Commissioner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 5,156	When my son learned the pledge of allegiance to the flag in school, I asked him to say it for me (he's an American). After saying "..... to the country for Richard Stands....", he paused and said to me: "who's Richard Stands, Dad?" Now, at 43, he knows it but I still remember. If your family is like mine, CapJ, you'll all be saying "kabless you" years from now. __________________ 17" MBP, OS X; 27" iMac, both OS X 10.10.x (latest)

02-23-2011, 04:44 PM	#175
NovaScotian League Commissioner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 5,156	Another of those appropriate but none-real words our family uses is my daughter's "shareful". __________________ 17" MBP, OS X; 27" iMac, both OS X 10.10.x (latest)

02-23-2011, 09:22 PM	#176
renaultssoftware MVP Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pembroke, Ontario Posts: 2,051	Funny stories. I think this thread is really funny. __________________ Get Icon Creator and support me.

12-15-2010, 10:16 AM	#161
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	My son was thrilled to see black-eyed peas in the frozen food section of the grocery store. He did finish everything on his plate, but prefers the music (specifically "I Gotta Feeling") over the legume.

01-04-2011, 11:05 AM	#162
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	On Christmas morning, my five-year-old son's favorite gift was a Hot Wheels Loop and Jump and my eight-year-old daughter's favorite was a doll. They didn't even look at the Xbox 360 with Kinect until late in the day. (My wife won it in a sales contest at work… She was trying for an iPad. Oh , well.) They made me proud. Later, during school break, my daughter liked a song I was listening to, The Devil and Darkness (Kevin Whyte Mix), by Freur, now in heavy rotation on her iPod, but was truly impressed when I showed her the original record, bought twenty-something years ago. Her eyes widened, "Wow, a record! I can't wait to tell my friends that you have records." But she was even more excited to show them the two pages on Doctor Who that she found in her new 2011 Guinness Book of World Records.

01-09-2011, 11:25 PM	#165
edalzell MVP Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,390	For the past two days, my girls, when in the car, have been "playing" the Elmo's Monster iPad game. I mean they do all the voices and choices, then tap and swish (they actually say "tap" and "swish") all the way to the end. They are "reading" the Monster at the End of the Book the same way. Quite amusing.

01-25-2011, 07:01 PM	#168
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	The forecast called for less than an inch of wet, slushy snow. I was surprised to see a couple of inches of light, fluffy snow, "What the… Where did this come from?" My son looked at me like I was an idiot, "The clouds, Daddy."

02-04-2011, 01:59 PM	#170
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	When I picked up my son from kindergarten, he told me there was a problem with his question marks. They were coming out wrong. I told him that we could practice writing them after his session with the speech therapist (slight speech delay). He looked terrible after speech therapy. (Whenever he gets sick, it comes on suddenly, usually in under 30 minutes.) The therapist said he had faded fast, and had complained about his throat. I asked him how he was feeling. He said, "I told you, my question marks are broken." I asked him to explain. He asked a question, and sure enough, his voice turned scratchy during the exaggerated rise in pitch at the end.

02-23-2011, 11:56 AM	#171
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	When somebody sneezes, my son says what can best be spelled "kabless you"… Inadvertently cute and apropos.

02-23-2011, 04:31 PM	#173
edalzell MVP Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,390	Robert Fulgham (Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten, etc) has a whole store about the Lord's Prayer and "Harold's Be Thy Name".... Malapropisms are funny, especially by children.

02-26-2011, 11:59 AM	#177
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	My eight-year-old daughter decided to set up a "café" in our house. She sat me down and took my lunch order, turkey sandwich, tangerine, and grape juice, which she dutifully wrote in her little notepad, then went into the kitchen. She returned a few minutes later carrying everything on a tray like a real waitress. To my relief, there were no spills. When I was finished, she handed me check for $4. Since it was a game, I tried paying with play money. "No, you have to pay real money. I want to buy some games in the App Store."

02-26-2011, 02:16 PM	#180
renaultssoftware MVP Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pembroke, Ontario Posts: 2,051	Yes, and all this while some random trolls are bashing the store, while other users are simply concerned… __________________ Get Icon Creator and support me.